Why You Should Write Faster, Better, and Humaner in 2025
Your roadmap for winning the content game and beating the AI flood, all without losing your soul.
Hey, you. This is for you.
I want to talk to a very specific kind of person.
Writers who want to use AI — not run from it — to create higher-value content and earn more from their craft.
Professionals and business owners who get the importance of personal branding, but don’t know where to start.
Content creators who see the tidal wave of AI-generated content and quietly wonder… “Am I still relevant?”
If that’s you — stick around.
Because 2025 isn’t going to wait for you to “find your flow.” It’s moving, fast. And to stand out, thrive, and create work that actually matters, you need to do three things better than ever before:
You need to write faster,
You need to write better,
And you need to write humaner.
Let me explain why.
The content world has changed
When I first started writing online, I was terrified of publishing.
I edited obsessively. Rewrote sentences twelve times. Stared at blank pages for hours.
But eventually, I found my rhythm. I became a successful, low-key freelance writer — the kind who quietly hit milestones while staying under the radar. Back then, a personal brand was optional. You didn’t need to show your face or share your story to get work. Just good writing and solid delivery.
It was a simpler time. Creating online was still rare. Standing out didn’t require shouting. It just required showing up.
And then came ChatGPT.
Suddenly, everyone had access to infinite words. Generative AI made it easier than ever to produce content…but harder than ever to stand out.
The rules changed.
Today, content isn’t optional.
If you’re a solopreneur, freelancer, coach, or creative — content is your brand. And your brand is your livelihood.
Most people know this, yet they’re still stuck.
The real problem nobody talks about, and how to solve it
You know content is powerful.
You know writing is the key to reach people, build trust, make sales, grow your audience, whatever your goal may be.
But you’re overwhelmed.
Drowning in advice
Wrestling with imposter syndrome
Watching others “crank out content” like machines
Burnt out from spending hours writing things that barely get seen
So let’s change that.
Let’s break it down — and rebuild your writing approach around the only three things that matter.
Write faster
Go from overthinking to output machine.
But why?
The truth is, people forget fast. The human brain is wired to forget, and so much more so with the information overload we have in our daily lives. Your customers and employers currently don’t remember what they had for breakfast, if you publish slow, they won’t remember you either.
But it doesn’t end there. Their feeds refresh every 30 seconds. Trends come and go like ripples in flat water. If you don’t consistently show up, you disappear.
This is all so much more pronounced if you’re new to the game.
The slower you write, the harder it is to gain traction. Because feedback loops are everything in digital writing. And without publishing, you don’t learn what works.
So how do you speed things up — without lowering your standards, of course.
You build systems.
Outlines
Checklists
Prompt banks
Daily, weekly routines
Engagement guidelines
Heck, create systems for stopping yourself from overthinking.
Anything you repeat, systematize. This is how you create content fast, without burning out.
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Write better
Go from creating noise to creating signals.
Here’s a secret: AI will never teach you taste.
It can generate fluent sentences. It can mimic tone, perfect grammar, whatever. But if you don’t know how to think like a writer, AI will only amplify your confusion.
The solution? Get better at writing.
And you can do that by:
Publishing more
Practicing consciously, and
Hiring a mentor
There’s no better writing teacher than your own feedback loop. The more you put your work out there, the more patterns you’ll see.
But also — don’t do it alone. A coach, a mentor, a peer review group… even one person who gives honest feedback is worth gold.
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Write humaner
Let’s be real.
There’s a lot of AI content out there now — some of it even decent. But “decent” won’t build your brand, won’t move people, won’t get you money. It won’t make someone say, “Damn, this hit me.”
Once upon a time, okay content was enough to stand out.
Now? Not anymore. Anybody can make okay content. So, how do you stand out? You need content that connects. Content that’s so specific, so human, that people have no choice but to pay attention.
That means:
Making people feel
Writing things no prompt could generate
Leaving behind digital fingerprints only a human could
The way you can achieve this is through what I call the 3H.
Heart. Show up as a real person. Don’t just write — engage. Build friendships. Respond. Be a human in your niche. Through this, you create an authentic presence.
Heat. Put a real piece of yourself in your writing by discussing your opinions, stances, agendas, mission, whatever. Have a personal stake. Let your audience feel the heat of your Unpromptable Voice.
Habit. Your well-oiled system for creating content, engaging, and doing business.
AI is fast-food content. Abundant and short-lived. Human writing is slow-cooked. Every step of the way is intentional. You taste the difference, and your audience will too.
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2025 will be the year that floods the internet with more AI content than ever before. The question isn’t whether you’ll use AI — it’s how you can do it without becoming a ghost in the machine.
Write10x was built for this. For writers who want to go fast, without going shallow. For creators who want to scale, without selling out. For humans who want to stay human.
So do you want to:
Earn a living as a writer?
Launch your own content marketing service?
Write the book that’s been sitting in your soul?
Grow your audience on LinkedIn, Medium, Substack, or X?
Write faster, better, and humaner, with Write10x.
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Everything you said here was spot on. I especially love the point you made about not going this hard road alone, though. Isolation only amplifies the overthinking our creative brains love to do, ruining our chances of writing faster. The seeds of self-doubt will hinder our efforts to writer more human. That is why our team of editors/story coaches at One Brilliant Arc Media are so passionate about what we do helping to mentor writers, amplify the authenticity and power of their words, and putting them in community with other writers who can keep them encouraged and motivated along the way. ✨
By constant learning, we're becoming better writers. And we already smell bad written AI content from a mile away.
It's becoming obvious that only the good writers know how to train or prompt AI to get to the juicy stuff.
Good article and I agree on all points you've made, James. Thanks for sharing.